2 papers
cs.RO2024
Hybrid Continuum-Eversion Robot: Precise Navigation and Decontamination in Nuclear Environments using Vine Robot
Mohammed Al-Dubooni, Cuebong Wong, Kaspar Althoefer
Soft growing vine robots show great potential for navigation and decontamination tasks in the nuclear industry. This paper introduces a novel hybrid continuum-eversion robot design…
cs.RO2023
Eversion Robots for Mapping Radiation in Pipes
Thomas Mack, Mohammed Al-Dubooni, Kaspar Althoefer
A system and testing rig were designed and built to simulate the use of an eversion robot equipped with a radiation sensor to characterise an irradiated pipe prior to decommissioni…